Money from Irish America funded the campaign for Ireland’s repeal of the Union

Evidence

The importance of O’Connell’s words can only be appreciated by placing them against the background of events then taking place in Ireland. During 1842 the Repeal movement had lagged and contributions from America had tapered off. Then O’Connell proclaimed 1843 as “Repeal Year,” promising that before its end an Irish Parliament would sit at College Green in Dublin, the site of the old Irish Parliament. In February, he made a four-hour speech in the Dublin city government in favor of the right of Ireland to self-government. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 101

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to how exiled diasporas bankroll homeland nationalist movements. — connects to: British refusal to repeal the Union galvanized Irish-American fundraising — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 103; Irish-American leaders suppressed Irish abolitionist solidarity to protect Repeal unity — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 82

Broader Connections

• Irish-American leaders suppressed Irish abolitionist solidarity to protect Repeal unity #expands (0.75) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 82